Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free! The Westminster Review - Page 2631901Full view - About this book
| John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 560 pages
...veins, For your sisters now iii chains, — Answer ! are ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free ? Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt ' No 1 true freedom is to share All the chains our brothei-s wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest... | |
| Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 pages
...Destiny, but ought Rather to name our high successes so. JAMES KUSSELI, LOWELL. STANZAS TO FREEDOM. IS true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free ! They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose... | |
| 1892 - 544 pages
...43 Bond St., Hew York. IBS Deirbtrn St., Chicago, III. 12th and Castro Sts., Oakland, Cat. FREEDOM. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be In earnest to make others free. They are slaves who fear to spsak For the fallen and the weak ; They... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1893 - 330 pages
...you are lacking towards your friends. We make the nearest approaches to the gods in our good deeds. Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt? Truth needs no champions; in the infinite deep Of everlasting soul her strength abides. To be good... | |
| Henry Stephens Salt - 1893 - 386 pages
...veins, For your sisters now in chains, — Answer I are ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free ? Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...with leathern hearts forget That we owe mankind a AebX'? No ! true Freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And with heart and hand to be... | |
| 1894 - 568 pages
...creed by " Work obscure done honestly," and " Vote for truth unpopular." Freedom, he maintains, is not "To break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with...heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free." The lesson learned by Sir Launfal is " Not what we give but what we share; The gift without the giver... | |
| Henry Beebee Carrington - 1894 - 448 pages
...veins For yonr sisters now in chains, Answer, — are ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with leathern heart forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers... | |
| Joseph Krauskopf - 1894 - 66 pages
...chain When it works a brother's pain, Are ye not base slaves, indeed, Slaves unworthy to be freed ? Is true freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And with heathen hearts forget That we owe mankind a debt ? No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1895 - 574 pages
...veins, For your sisters now in chains, — Answer ! »re ye fit to be Mothers of the brave and free .' Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear...leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt Í No ! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be... | |
| Brooklyn Ethical Association - 1895 - 440 pages
...earth a slave, Are ye truly free and brave? No! true freedom is to share All the chains your [sisters] wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free." And is not growth in civilization mostly release after release from the bondages established in times... | |
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